Photography Chat and Questions Thread

[Ray Gin]

I've a £15 Hama one .. pick one from here..

If it's really useful or you find you have to upgrade, £15 isn't even a round at the pub... use this one as a spare/backup or flash holder ?

Mine holds my 7D (1.3kg with kit lens IIRC) quite happily.

That's the one I got! Seems great for the price.

 

[Rhino172]

was going to start a new thread but thought I'd just ask in here...

What about the in-car shots. You know the ones, usually taken at night, camera is somehow mounted to the passenger seat headrest, with a long(ish) shutter, so all the dash etc is clear in focus but out the window is all motion blur looking like your doing a bizzillion miles an hour.

How do you mount the cam? and what sort of settings would be used? I've tried a few times but the cam never stays still enough for a smooth/clear pic

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

IMG_2816 by evil_giraffes_rule, on Flickr

22 sec ƒ/11 ISO 200 10 mm

I put it on a tripod, seat belted it up, rear belt through the strap to help support and use a remote shutter !

Got an example of what you shot ?

 

[Rhino172]

The best one I have was from a while ago when I still had the Clio, and was shot during the day rather than at night...

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

was going to start a new thread but thought I'd just ask in here...

What about the in-car shots. You know the ones, usually taken at night, camera is somehow mounted to the passenger seat headrest, with a long(ish) shutter, so all the dash etc is clear in focus but out the window is all motion blur looking like your doing a bizzillion miles an hour.

How do you mount the cam? and what sort of settings would be used? I've tried a few times but the cam never stays still enough for a smooth/clear pic

This was about 8-10 seconds from memory. The trick is to clamp the camera down so hard it can't move at all. Even at slow speeds a car will jiggle about all over the place.

 

[Dunx90]

Iv done afew, i change cars to often

Volkswagen drive by Duncan_Williams, on Flickr

Inside 172 clio. by Duncan_Williams, on Flickr

In me volvo :O by Duncan_Williams, on Flickr

 

[JHead]

Has anyone used fish eye effect filters, perhaps whilst doing this too....?? Does it work? And are there any decent ones? ( And cheap )

 

[Dan...]

where is the best place to buy a camera remote and a tripod from?


and i'm loving those shots from inside the car guys!

 

[Wick]

where is the best place to buy a camera remote and a tripod from?


and i'm loving those shots from inside the car guys!

Cheap remotes can be had on ebay Tripod depends entirely on what you want and how much gear you need to support!

 

[Wick]

Q. For the various generation Go-Pro owners.

Shooting at a respectable frame rate, what's the average duration you can record for, and with what size memory card?

 

[Ray Gin]

Can the above shots not be taken using self timer?

All great shots btw.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Yes. I used a remote trigger, but as long as you can reach the shutter button you could use a timer.

 

[Dan...]

Cheap remotes can be had on ebay Tripod depends entirely on what you want and how much gear you need to support!

Thanks, ill have a look!

I only have a Nikon D3000 so i wouldn't need a particularly big one would I?

Also, does anyone know of any decent photo editing apps for the iPad?

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Have a look at snapseed, I've got it for Android and it seems decent, should be out on iPad too

 

[Yanoo]

Have you any experience with softboxes? I'm going to make one for myself, it's simple as hell. A bigger one is very expensive with stand .

 

[Rhino172]

for the in-car shots focus wise I assume, flick into manual and leave on inifinty? Otherwise if focus on the dash there will be a certain amount of bokeh involved reducing the effect of the "light streams" through the window?

 

[Red Cup]

Have you any experience with softboxes? I'm going to make one for myself, it's simple as hell. A bigger one is very expensive with stand .

How big are you wanting? 24" and a stand is only £35 odd:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005XG1Y2O/?tag=cliospnet01-21

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0011363NS/?tag=cliospnet01-21

 

[Yanoo]

Thanks but I'm looking for a continous light softbox kit with stand. The cheapest that I found is £49.99 + postage (£30 )

 

[Rhino172]

Tried some more driving shots again last night. Failed miserably. Just can't get the game to stay stable enough

 

[Dunx90]

for the in-car shots focus wise I assume, flick into manual and leave on inifinty? Otherwise if focus on the dash there will be a certain amount of bokeh involved reducing the effect of the "light streams" through the window?

I focused on dash with about f8 and flipped to manual so it wouldn't refocus. Then if put camera on tripod on passenger seat (had my camera bag on seat put legs of tripod behind bag and strapped it in with seat belt. Then used corded shutter to take photo.

The VW shot i took with camera in the back two of the tripod legs in rear footwells and 1 leg on seat. Just drive slow and look for a smooth bit of road

 

[JHead]

what lenses do you use?? i cant quite get a wide enough angle with my 18-55 :/

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

10-20 FTW !!

 

[JHead]

any cheap ones to be found to fit a canon 550D ?? (which aren't utter crap!!) :L

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

www.camerapricebuster.co.uk

I've got the older sigma f/4-5.6

It's epic.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

www.camerapricebuster.co.uk

I've got the older sigma f/4-5.6

It's epic.

I can vouch for this. I've just got the same for my 550d and its hardly been off the camera.

I would like to get a 17-50 f2.8 that I've seen recently but can't justify spending at the moment even though its a bargain at £300!

 

[Dunx90]

I used sigma f/4-5.6 for 2 of the car shots. As they say ^^ its an epic lens. my most used lens.

 

[Addicted]

Got a Tokina 10-16mm f/2.8 - can't recommend it enough! (maybe out of budget though).

 

[JHead]

i think i'm gonna seriousely have to come to terms with how expensive all this is......... :L

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

i think i'm gonna seriousely have to come to terms with how expensive all this is......... :L

I bought my 10-20 about 5 years and 2 cameras ago .. probably sell it on here or eBay for £350 without trying tomorrow... < 10quid a year depreciation isn't bad

Camera stuff - it's all assets, just think of it like that. Buy the best body you can then spend money on lenses.

I started with a 450d and kit lens .. I've now got (new prices) about £3k worth of kit but I'd see most of that back if I sold it all tomorrow.

Just don't worry about it and get involved

 

[Hixle]

Anyone used the Samyang 85mm? MF only, but seems to get rave reviews! Very cheap too!

 

[Ben]

I've used the Samyang, excellent lens. Tricky with MF but if you're shooting still life its brilliantly sharp. I've got the Samyang 8mm, again MF.

 

[Hixle]

Yeah, MF really doesn't fuss me tbh. Seems like a great lens for the money!

 

[Ben]

They're good quality too, metal mount and nice feel of the focusing ring.

 

[ukaskew]

Anyone had any joy dealing with a stolen image before? Found this today...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BROOKLYN-..._Art_CanvasGiclee_RL&var=&hash=item3cc7375a6f

100% my image...

Rush Hour by Harry_S, on Flickr

 

[Mackerfly]

I'm looking for a beginners photography course so I fully understand the basics, but there's no courses at any colleges near me so was looking at this one www.thephotographyinstitute.co.uk has anybody had any experience with them or are there any better courses out there?

 

[Ben]

Wow, I cannot believe that from a registered seller!

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Mackerfly - £599 ?! FLOL !!! I should start charging people for hints and tips. I'd be retiring before Christmas.

Read the stickies on here, read the tutorials on here: DPC then just go and use it !

For those, please paypal me £20.

ukaskew - Ooft... good luck with that. Not sure what you're going to do there :-/

 

[ukaskew]

Wow, I cannot believe that from a registered seller!

Ironically it's cheaper than I could ever get it made for myself!

 

[Ben]

Have you contacted the seller at all? Unsure on what to do really, could you invoice them for the usage? Have a search on Talk Photography theres plenty of advice on there: http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=138110

 

[Mackerfly]

Can't you contact eBay to get them to shut the listing down?